I see a bunny lol and the bread looks great from all angles.
What an anniversary tomorrow 
I hope youāre free to be out and about soon.
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@Fermentada Yay, Melissa! You see the bunny too! 
Agreed, not the greatest anniversary. 
Blessings,
Leah
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My hubby sure loves his cinnamon bread! Hereās this morningās bake. Not only did we indeed achieve lift-off but with the ear on this loaf Iām wondering if itās listening to our conversations as we sip our morning coffee!
Every time I bake a loaf I canāt help but think of how incredibly satisfying it is to be able to make our own bread. Iām so thankful!
Blessings,
Leah
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Thatās an impressive loaf, Leah. I think your husband and I share the same tastes. I put cinnamon and raisons in my morning oatmeal, love cinnamon raison bread, and of course Iāll happily eat a cinnamon roll with raisons when given the opportunity.
Richard
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Thatās a beauty Leah, Iād happily have a slice of that anytime. When should I be over 
Benny
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@evnpar Yes, Richard! Cinnamon and raisins in my oatmeal (long-cooking steel cut oats are my favorite). Add a few walnuts or pecans and Iām in breakfast heaven! I also love fresh blueberries and some sliced strawberries with some of those walnuts or pecans in my oatmeal too. Have you tried bananas, walnuts and cinnamon in yours? Itās like eating warm banana walnut bread! Hmmm, maybe now Iāll have to make some oatmeal for breakfast tomorrow!
@Benito Awww Benny, amazing how bread has the ability to bring people together! 
Hereās to your baguettes! 
Blessings,
Leah
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We are about a 20" drive from Bobās Red Mill, where you can buy their products in bulk. So yes, I have steel cut oatmeal every morning, and add a handful of blueberries when in season, nuts, and occasionally a banana. I like my bread the same way, whole grain with the same goodies.
Richard
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We havenāt been for about a year because of COVID, but they have a terrific restaurant serving a wonderful breakfast and lunch made from their products. Bob turned the ownership over to his employees a number of years ago and everyone seems to enjoy working there and are proud of their company and products. Itās one of my happy places to visit and I canāt wait until we can go again.
Richard
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@evnpar Richard, I love Bobās Red Mill products and Iām able to order them online and have them shipped to my house. I remember reading lots of articles about Bob and yes, I saw that he had turned his company into a totally employee-owned company. I love that and apparently so do those employees!
Blessings,
Leah
This is so off topic!!! ā¦ but you and Richard started it. 
So ā¦
Cooked oats refrigerate, and reheat, extremely well. I cook enough oats for 3 or 4 days of breakfasts, refrigerating the excess until consumed. That is about as long as I can go before I need a change in my oats flavoring.
Dry Ingredients
1 cup oat groats (aka steel cut oats ā¦ works with rolled oats but reduce cook time to 5-7 mins.)
Ā½ tsp salt (optional, I usually donāt add it)
Ā½ tsp cinnamon
Ā¼ to Ā½ tsp nutmeg
1 handful of nuts and 1 handful of complimenting dried fruit **
Wet Ingredients
4 cups water
2 Tbsp maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla
(optional) 1 large or 2 small ripe bananas, smashed to smithereens with a fork, though banana lumps are good in the oats.
Mix all ingredients in a 3qt (or larger) sauce pan, bring to boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer for 45-mins (or 5 to 7-mins if making with rolled oats).
**Examples of nuts with complimenting dried fruit:
1 handful of slivered almond and 1 handful of dried blueberries
OR
1 handful of chopped pecans and 1 handful of dried cranberries
OR
1 handful of chopped walnuts and 1 handful of raisins
OR
1 handful of roasted, unsalted pistachios (chopped) and 1 handful of dried apricots (chopped)
Note: I have also made this with hulled barley instead oat groats. It is a good, too.
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That sounds delicious!
Richard
Another oat-topic (har har) reply for this thread:
Iām a fan of using frozen blueberries year-round. I microwave a small bowl of them for about a minute, and then put them on my granola-yogurt or oatmeal. The color does leak way more than fresh blueberries, so I get what my family calls āzombie mouthā and have to brush my teeth after the meal, but anthocyanins yay: )
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Blueberries freeze extremely well. Fortunately, there is a small organic blueberry farm about 1/2 mi. from our house where Iāve picked for nearly 30 years. I spend a day there and pick nearly 10 gallons of blueberries, then freeze them without washing them. Using a handful every morning in my oatmeal, and using them for baking, our supply lasts six months or so. I drive past the blueberry patch twice a day, and since Iāve been out of them for a couple of months, Iāve been looking fondly at the bushes and wishing they were closer to being ready to pick. Blueberries and strawberries are very high in antioxidants, and Iām in heaven in June when I can enjoy freshly picked Oregon strawberries and blueberries on top of a sourdough biscuit and with a little homemade ice cream.
Richard
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That sounds delicious (berries on a sourdough biscuit with homemade ice cream) ! Sorry for the way late reply
I returned to this thread to post my Sourdough Cinnamon Raisin Bread. A variation on Ericās recipe without the maple syrup and using spelt as the whole grain flour.
60% bread flour
40% whole grain spelt flour
80% water
15% starter
2% salt
I added the raisins and cinnamon by-eye during a super stretched out pre-shape ā basically a lamination.
Swirled cinnamon and raisin crumb:
One big dough divided after the bulk fermentation, and turned into plain and cinnamon raisin breads (definitely lost some oven spring with the additions):
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Was just about to ask how to go about swapping the maple syrup for honey and reducing the amount. Quite like a bit of honey but the original recipe sounds too much. Think Iāll follow your recipe @Fermentada but add some honey and reduce the water to make up for the additional honey. It already has raisins which will add sweetness. Lovely bake!
Just so I have the full recipe in one place what was the percentage of raisins and cinnamon?
I was pleased with zero sweetener (says the person making churros right now lol)
Maybe go with Ericās cinnamon and raisin amounts, because I sprinkled from the cinnamon tub and handfulled from the raisin bag 
He used 1 Tbsp, which according to Google is close to 8 grams, ground cinnamon and 175g raisins for 500g flour.
(Edited to fix the cinnamon grams from 9 to 8)
1.6% cinnamon
35% raisins
Well you can make churros now because youāve saved on the sweetener
Thanks for that. Got something in the planning stage. Iām leaning towards a raisin yeast water version. Think it might suit this bread very well.
Definitely raisin yeast water would add to the depth of flavor.
This loaf is delicious, and was a first try using home milled flour with my new Mockmill. Next time Iāll cut down on the water, as the dough was so wet I couldnāt really score it, and reduce the maple syrup as it was a little too sweet. It wasnāt tangy, but I think the sweetness of the maple syrup and raisins overpowered it. This recipe is a keeper! Thanks, Melissa!
